6 numbers from 53 numbers

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Question from MIGUEL, a student:

IM A STUDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IM HELPING THE SOCCER COACH WITH PLAYS
SO I NEED ALL THE POSSIBLE NUMBER COMBINATIONS OF NUMBERS 1- 53 IN SETS OF SIX
THE NUMBER CAN ONLY BE USED ONCE IN EACH SET.

Miguel,

The number of such combination is called 53 choose 6, it's the number of ways of choosing 6 things from 53 things. You can see how to calculate it in my response to an earlier question. I really don't think you want a list as there are 22,957,480 ways to choose 6 things from 53 things.

Penny

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